The fifth round of the Goulburn Table Tennis A Grade Teams Competition was played prior to the school holidays at the John Lees Centre.
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The first match saw the Tigers narrowly defeat the Rabbitohs, 6-5, with Tigers captain Mark Soley outlasting Michael Turner in five grueling sets.
The second match went to the Eagles 7-4 over the Eels. Simon Jiang had a mixed night, firstly defeating Leon Jensen and then going down to Rod Blake, both in five sets.
John Lees took out the battle of the super veterans as he overcame Robert McIntosh in four tightly fought sets.
Round five of the local B Grade Teams competition witnessed some great matches.
The Sharks defeated Storm 8-3, with Joanne Dungey defeating Storm captain John Gray in four sets. The Jet Setters tamed the Bulldogs 7-4 with three five-setters going to Sam Plumb over Dave Howlett, Nicola Fraser over Luke McDonald, and Dave Howlett over Nicola Fraser.
The Dragons exorcised the Demons 8-3 in the final clash with Jacob Mauro taking out Bruce McGuirk in four, while Dave Manning snuck home against Phil Fraser 11-9 in the fifth set.
A Grade Table after five rounds:
- Richie Jiang's Eagles 10
- Mark Soley's Tigers 10
- Michael Turner's Rabbitohs 8
- TK Funs Panthers 8
- Rod Blake's Eels 4
B Grade Table after five rounds:
- Dave Manning's Dragons 13
- Wayne King's Sharks 11
- Phil Fraser's Demons 10
- Sam Plumb's Jet Setters 10
- Lisa Chung's Pies 6
- Dave Howlett's Bulldogs 6
- John Gray's Storm 4
Competition play resumes on Monday October 12 in both A and B Grade after a two week break for the school holidays.
Due to a vast increase in player numbers, practice sessions that in the past have been played on Friday nights have been divided into two sessions.
The board has taken this action in order to give players a greater length of time on the tables.
Thursday nights are now specifically for competition players and Friday nights are mainly for non-competition players.
Both nights start at 7pm at the John Lees Centre which can be found in Sportsway, off Finlay Road at the Goulburn Workers Club precinct. For any enquiries, ring Bruce on 0408 467 862.
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